Paper-marker fastener



M. BUDNY PAPER MARKER Fasrminn April 24, 1928. 1,667,241

Filed Nov. 23. 1923 INVENTOR.

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A TTORNEYJ Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

MACIEJ BUDN Y, OE GARFIELD KEIGHTSg OHIO.

PAPE -MARKER FAs'rEm-m;

Application filed November 2a, 1923.. Serial no. 67 ,534.

This invention relates to a paper marker fastener for use as a means of securing paper patterns or markersto cloth preliminary to cutting the same into garment sections. More particularly the device coinprisespins having a short cross bar and curved parallel prongs provided with long tapered points. The pins are prefeably formed of metal of the usual character employed for such purposes such as spring brass, spring steel and the like. The pin may also be provided with a pattern engaging plate upon the cross bar and may have a series of transverse shallow. notches formed upon the rearward side of each of the prongs.

WVhen, paper markers or patterns are fastened with ordinary straight pins having enlarged heads, it is often found that the.

paper marker shifts during the cutting operation and a lay of cloth must often be re-cut because of damage caused through the slipping of the marker. f WVhere a lay comprises,

merely a few layers of cloth, it has been the practice to stickthe pins through thecloth and into the upper surface of the cuttingta. ble. This not infrequently involves difficulties because of the placing of the pinstoo closely to the edge of the marker and interference with the lower ends of said pins by the'foot of the cutting knife support. When the implement encounters a pin firmly se cured into the table surface, a swerving of the knife is caused and large sections of cloth may be greatly injured necessitating a wastage of material as well as much of the labor spent in preparing the lay for cutting, and carrying on the cutting operation to the point where the damage is caused.

The object of the present invention is to provide a paper marker fastener which may be applied to the marker adjacent to its edges and which also may be used safely where the lay comprises merely a few layers of cloth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a marker engaging plate upon the fastener device to hold firmly markers made of thin paper such as are used in cutting certain types of ladies garments.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description. I i

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means of carrying out the invention, such disclosed means illustrating, however, but several of yarious ways in, which; the principle of the invent on maybeused. I i i l In said annexed drawings: I i Fig -1 is a perspective :view shoiving the preferredform offasteneryl ig. Qis a perspective .view showingthe fastener provided witlrtlie paper marker engaging plate; Fig. 3 is an, enlargeddetail view showing the notches formed .in theunder side of the prongs, and Fig. i isla perspective view showing the markers applied to a layof cloth. i

i As is clearly illustrated in thedrawing, the device con'iprises a double pronged pin lhaving a connecting cross :bar 2. The prongs 3 of the device are each approxh inately twice the length of the cross bar or bridge piece and are bent, to uniform curvature np on a relatively long radius- Each of said prongs, is provided with a long tapered point t and the iuiderside'of said prongs may be provided with a series of transverse notches These notches are shallow depressions, presenting no sharp.

edges and are designedto provide for additional frictional engagement with the yarn fibersof the cloth withoutin. anyway tearingior injuring'them. i I V In orderto adapt the device for use with paper markers of flimsy material such as thin pattern sheets of tissue or similar paper, a marker engaging plate 6 is provided.

As is clearly shown in Fig. .2 of the draw ing, said plate is formed of thin sheet metal such as brass, tin or thin sheet iron and is of a length slightly larger than the length of the connecting cross bar of the fastener and is of slightly lesser width. Centrally of each of its narrower side edges, a semi-circular notch 7 is provided. Between the notches upon the opposite sides of said plate.

the plate is provided with a raised central portion 8 of approximately-one-third the width of the plate and depressed portions 9 at each side thereof. The'n'ietal is perforated at the point where the raised and depressed portions thereof meet to provide apertures 10 through which the cross bar of the-fastener is passed.

It will be noted that the semi-circular notches permit the prongs of the fastener to pass therethrough. \Vhen the plate is turned from a position approximately at right angles to the direction of the prongs and is rotated upon the cross bar toward the concaved side .of the prongs, it will assume a position substantially in alignment with the direction of said prongs, but when the plate is moved in the opposite direction, the projecting edges thereof will act" as limiting stops and will come into contact with the rearward edges of the prongs before said plate has assumed a flat position and the same will be held at a substantial angle to the conveXed side of the prongs. The plate will thus serve to indicate which side of the pin is turned upwardly and an operator working rapidly in fastening markers to the lay of clothean select pins turned in the right direction without loss of time. This feature of the construction of the plate also prevents the pins being inserted with the curvature of the-prongs faced in the wrong direction particularly when the marker is fastened to a lay of shallow depth.

As is shown in Fig. 4, the pins are inserted adjacent the edge of the marker and the curved ends thereof may project from the surface of the cloth through which they are fastened even where there is sufiicient depth to the lay to permit the insertion of the pins'directly downwardly therethrough.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the means herein disclosed, provided those stated by any one of the following claims or their equivalents be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. A paper marker fastener comprising a pair of prongs joined at sharp right-angles by an integrally formed straight cross bar of a length lessthan the length of said prongs, said prongs having elongated points and being bent to uniform curvature upon a long radius.

2. A paper marker fastener comprising a pain of prongs having elongated points and being bent to uniform curvature upon a long radius, said prongs being joined at sharp right angles by an integrally formed straight cross bar of a length less than the length of said prongs, the upper sides of said prongs being smooth and the under sides of said prongs betweensaid points and said cross bar being provided with a series of shallow transverse depressions presenting no sharp edges within which the fibers of the cloth to which such fasteners are applied may engage without injury.

3. A paper marker fastener comprising a pair of prongs joined by a cross bar of a length less than the length of said prongs, a plate of greater length than the length of said cross bar pivotally secured to a central point of said cross bar, extension edges formed upon said plate at either side of said respective prongs to limit the movement thereofabout said cross bar, said prongs having elongated points and being bent to uniform curvature upon a long radius, and the under sides of said prongs between said points and said cross bar being provided with a series of shallow notches to frictionally engage the fibers of'the cloth to which such fasteners are applied;

Signed by me this 13th day of October, 1923. i

MACIEJ BUDNY. 

